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MK Gafni Says Budget Discriminates Against Rabbinate Botei Din

By Eliezer Rauchberger

Courts are allotted far more than rabbinate botei din in terms of funding and manpower, charged MK Rabbi Moshe Gafni at a meeting of the Knesset State Control Committee to discuss the State Comptroller's report on rabbinate botei din, calling the discrepancy an unconscionable form of budget discrimination.

According to the figures presented, in 96 percent of divorce cases an average period of 303 days passes from the time of filing until the actual receipt of the get. In his report the State Comptroller claims the Rabbinate botei din apply a limited definition for women denied a get and therefore the botei din do not utilize the legal means at their disposal to issue restrictive orders to husbands who refuse to give a get. The State Comptroller says the botei din should broaden this definition.

MK Rabbi Gafni claims that this is a highly sensitive issue and certainly every effort must be made to shorten the proceedings to spare both sides from ruling delays. Nevertheless, he says, part of the problem lies in the attitude toward Rabbinate botei din compared to courts, including the differences in funding and manpower.

 

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